Why the First Amendment is important and why it's my beat
The First Amendment contains five freedoms: religion, speech, press, assembly and the right to petition the government. The ...
Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s TikTok decision and what it may mean for the First Amendment
The Supreme Court’s remarkably speedy decision Friday to allow a controversial ban on TikTok to take hold will have a ...
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A Mother Says an AI Startup's Chatbot Drove Her Son to Suicide. Its Response: the First Amendment Protects "Speech Allegedly Resulting in Suicide"
Content warning: this story discusses suicide, self-harm, sexual abuse, eating disorders and other disturbing topics. In ...
In motion to dismiss, chatbot platform Character AI claims it is protected by the First Amendment
Character AI has filed a motion to dismiss a case brought against it by the parent of a teen who committed suicide allegedly ...
The Supreme Court’s TikTok ruling is an ominous turn for online speech
When the Supreme Court upheld a law that banned TikTok from the US, it seemed well aware that its ruling could resonate far ...
Media Matters for America5d
Matt Gaetz says the First Amendment was “harmed gravely” by January 6 prosecutions
A lot of people who were caught up in this mess really believe that the First Amendment, association rights, free speech ...
ACLU considers First Amendment lawsuit over roped-off rotunda during R.I. State of the State speech
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, ACLU’s Steven Brown and BLM RI PAC’s Harrison Tuttle criticize Governor McKee for ...
Trump compares his Jan. 6 speech to Eminem rapping about ‘drowning his wife’ in effort to get lawsuit tossed
Donald Trump asked a federal court to reverse a previous order holding that members of Congress had plausibly alleged he ...
An overlooked defense in faculty First Amendment academic freedom and other cases
Mark Meyerhoff and David Urban of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore discuss the doctrine of claim preclusion as a defense to lawsuits ...
The Tribune-Democrat4d
Jerry Zahorchak | Keeping the First Amendment on Facebook
Facebook is changing as the move to replace third-party fact-checking with user-written “community notes” seemingly may ...
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That's a defense, all right.
Its defense? Basically, that the First Amendment protects it against liability for "allegedly harmful speech, including speech allegedly resulting in suicide." Essentially, the Character.AI legal ...